Comprehensive Guide to Advanced Irregular Verbs

Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part I (A - C)

  • Abide     * Past Simple Form: AbodeAbode or AbidedAbided     * Past Participle Form: AbodeAbode, AbidedAbided, or AbiddenAbidden     * Definitions and Meanings: This verb indicates the act of complying with rules, fulfilling duties, or staying/remaining in a place. (Catalan: Acatar, complir o romandre)

  • Alight     * Past Simple Form: AlitAlit or AlightedAlighted     * Past Participle Form: AlitAlit or AlightedAlighted     * Definitions and Meanings: To descend from a vehicle, such as a train or bus, or to settle/land on a surface. (Catalan: Baixar d'un vehicle o aterrar)

  • Arise     * Past Simple Form: AroseArose     * Past Participle Form: ArisenArisen     * Definitions and Meanings: To emerge, to come into being, or to stand up/get up. (Catalan: Sorgir o aixecar-se)

  • Awake     * Past Simple Form: AwokeAwoke     * Past Participle Form: AwokenAwoken     * Definitions and Meanings: The transition from sleep to being awake. (Catalan: Despertar-se)

  • Behold     * Past Simple Form: BeheldBeheld     * Past Participle Form: BeheldBeheld     * Definitions and Meanings: To gaze upon, observe closely, or contemplate something visually. (Catalan: Contemplar o observar)

  • Bid     * Past Simple Form: BadeBade     * Past Participle Form: BiddenBidden     * Definitions and Meanings: To offer a price at an auction or to issue an order/command. (Catalan: Pujar en subhasta o manar)

  • Burst     * Past Simple Form: BurstBurst     * Past Participle Form: BurstBurst     * Definitions and Meanings: To break open suddenly or explode due to internal pressure. (Catalan: Esclatar o rebentar)

  • Cast     * Past Simple Form: CastCast     * Past Participle Form: CastCast     * Definitions and Meanings: To throw something with force or to emit/project something like light or a shadow. (Catalan: Llançar o emetre)

  • Clothe     * Past Simple Form: CladClad or ClothedClothed     * Past Participle Form: CladClad or ClothedClothed     * Definitions and Meanings: To provide with clothes or to dress someone. (Catalan: Vestir)

Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part II (D - F)

  • Dwell     * Past Simple Form: DweltDwelt     * Past Participle Form: DweltDwelt     * Definitions and Meanings: To live in a specified place or to reside/inhabit. (Catalan: Residir o habitar)

  • Flee     * Past Simple Form: FledFled     * Past Participle Form: FledFled     * Definitions and Meanings: To run away from a place or situation of danger. (Catalan: Fugir)

  • Fling     * Past Simple Form: FlungFlung     * Past Participle Form: FlungFlung     * Definitions and Meanings: To throw or hurl something with great force or abandon. (Catalan: Llançar amb força)

  • Forbid     * Past Simple Form: ForbadeForbade or ForbadForbad     * Past Participle Form: ForbiddenForbidden     * Definitions and Meanings: To refuse to allow something; to prohibit. (Catalan: Prohibir)

  • Forecast     * Past Simple Form: ForecastForecast or ForecastedForecasted     * Past Participle Form: ForecastForecast or ForecastedForecasted     * Definitions and Meanings: To predict or estimate a future event or trend, often regarding weather or finances. (Catalan: Preveure o pronosticar)

  • Foresee     * Past Simple Form: ForesawForesaw     * Past Participle Form: ForeseenForeseen     * Definitions and Meanings: To see or be aware of an event before it happens. (Catalan: Preveure)

  • Foretell     * Past Simple Form: ForetoldForetold     * Past Participle Form: ForetoldForetold     * Definitions and Meanings: To predict the future; to tell something before it occurs. (Catalan: Predir)

  • Forsake     * Past Simple Form: ForsookForsook     * Past Participle Form: ForsakenForsaken     * Definitions and Meanings: To abandon, renounce, or give up something or someone. (Catalan: Abandonar)

Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part III (I - O)

  • Inlay     * Past Simple Form: InlaidInlaid     * Past Participle Form: InlaidInlaid     * Definitions and Meanings: To ornament an object by embedding pieces of a different material in its surface. (Catalan: Incrustar)

  • Input     * Past Simple Form: InputInput or InputtedInputted     * Past Participle Form: InputInput or InputtedInputted     * Definitions and Meanings: To enter data into a computer or system. (Catalan: Introduir dades)

  • Interlay     * Past Simple Form: InterlaidInterlaid     * Past Participle Form: InterlaidInterlaid     * Definitions and Meanings: To place something between layers; to interweave or intercalate. (Catalan: Entrellaçar o intercalar)

  • Leap     * Past Simple Form: LeaptLeapt or LeapedLeaped     * Past Participle Form: LeaptLeapt or LeapedLeaped     * Definitions and Meanings: To jump or spring a long distance or high in the air. (Catalan: Saltar)

  • Mow     * Past Simple Form: MowedMowed     * Past Participle Form: MownMown     * Definitions and Meanings: To cut down grass or grain with a machine or scythe. (Catalan: Segar)

  • Overdraw     * Past Simple Form: OverdrewOverdrew     * Past Participle Form: OverdrawnOverdrawn     * Definitions and Meanings: To draw more money from a bank account than the account holds. (Catalan: Descobrir un compte bancari)

  • Overhear     * Past Simple Form: OverheardOverheard     * Past Participle Form: OverheardOverheard     * Definitions and Meanings: To hear someone or something without meaning to or without being noticed. (Catalan: Sentir per casualitat)

  • Overtake     * Past Simple Form: OvertookOvertook     * Past Participle Form: OvertakenOvertaken     * Definitions and Meanings: To catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction, typically a vehicle. (Catalan: Avançar un vehicle)

Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part IV (P - S)

  • Preset     * Past Simple Form: PresetPreset     * Past Participle Form: PresetPreset     * Definitions and Meanings: To set something in advance. (Catalan: Preestablir)

  • Rid     * Past Simple Form: RidRid or RiddedRidded     * Past Participle Form: RidRid or RiddedRidded     * Definitions and Meanings: To make someone or something free of a troublesome or unwanted person or thing. (Catalan: Lliurar-se de)

  • Shear     * Past Simple Form: ShoreShore or ShearedSheared     * Past Participle Form: ShornShorn or ShearedSheared     * Definitions and Meanings: To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal. (Catalan: Tondre ovelles)

  • Shed     * Past Simple Form: ShedShed     * Past Participle Form: ShedShed     * Definitions and Meanings: To cast off skin or hair, or to discard or get rid of something. (Catalan: Mudar la pell o desfer-se de)

  • Slay     * Past Simple Form: SlewSlew     * Past Participle Form: SlainSlain     * Definitions and Meanings: To kill a person or animal in a violent way; to assassinate. (Catalan: Matar o assassinar)

  • Slink     * Past Simple Form: SlunkSlunk     * Past Participle Form: SlunkSlunk     * Definitions and Meanings: To move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, often in a stealthy or ashamed manner. (Catalan: Moure's furtivament)

  • Sow     * Past Simple Form: SowedSowed     * Past Participle Form: SownSown     * Definitions and Meanings: To plant seeds by scattering them on or in the earth. (Catalan: Sembrar)

  • Speed     * Past Simple Form: SpedSped or SpeededSpeeded     * Past Participle Form: SpedSped or SpeededSpeeded     * Definitions and Meanings: To move quickly or to cause to move faster; to accelerate. (Catalan: Accelerar)

  • Stink     * Past Simple Form: StankStank     * Past Participle Form: StunkStunk     * Definitions and Meanings: To have a strong, unpleasant smell. (Catalan: Pudorir o fer mala olor)

  • Stride     * Past Simple Form: StrodeStrode or StridedStrided     * Past Participle Form: StriddenStridden     * Definitions and Meanings: To walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction. (Catalan: Caminar a passes llargues)

  • Strip     * Past Simple Form: StriptStript or StrippedStripped     * Past Participle Form: StriptStript or StrippedStripped     * Definitions and Meanings: To remove all coverings or clothes. (Catalan: Despullar o treure la coberta)

  • Strive     * Past Simple Form: StroveStrove     * Past Participle Form: StrivenStriven     * Definitions and Meanings: To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something. (Catalan: Esforçar-se)

Advanced Irregular English Verbs: Part V (T - W)

  • Swear     * Past Simple Form: SworeSwore     * Past Participle Form: SwornSworn     * Definitions and Meanings: To make a solemn statement or promise, or to use offensive language. (Catalan: Jurar o dir renecs)

  • Swell     * Past Simple Form: SwelledSwelled     * Past Participle Form: SwollenSwollen     * Definitions and Meanings: To become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid. (Catalan: Inflar-se)

  • Thrust     * Past Simple Form: ThrustThrust     * Past Participle Form: ThrustThrust     * Definitions and Meanings: To push something or someone suddenly or violently. (Catalan: Empènyer amb força)

  • Undergo     * Past Simple Form: UnderwentUnderwent     * Past Participle Form: UndergoneUndergone     * Definitions and Meanings: To experience or be subjected to something, typically something unpleasant or arduous. (Catalan: Sotmetre's a o patir)

  • Undertake     * Past Simple Form: UndertookUndertook     * Past Participle Form: UndertakenUndertaken     * Definitions and Meanings: To commit oneself to and begin a project or enterprise; to take on a task. (Catalan: Emprendre)

  • Vex     * Past Simple Form: VextVext or VexedVexed     * Past Participle Form: VextVext or VexedVexed     * Definitions and Meanings: To make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried. (Catalan: Irritar o amoïnar)

  • Weave     * Past Simple Form: WoveWove     * Past Participle Form: WovenWoven     * Definitions and Meanings: To form fabric by interlacing long threads. (Catalan: Teixir)

  • Weep     * Past Simple Form: WeptWept     * Past Participle Form: WeptWept     * Definitions and Meanings: To shed tears; to cry. (Catalan: Plorar)

  • Wet     * Past Simple Form: WetWet     * Past Participle Form: WetWet     * Definitions and Meanings: To cover or touch with liquid; to moisten. (Catalan: Mullar)

  • Wind     * Past Simple Form: WoundWound     * Past Participle Form: WoundWound     * Definitions and Meanings: To twist or coil something around an object, or to turn a key to make a clockwork mechanism operate. (Catalan: Enrotllar o donar corda)

  • Withdraw     * Past Simple Form: WithdrewWithdrew     * Past Participle Form: WithdrawnWithdrawn     * Definitions and Meanings: To remove or take away something from a particular place or position. (Catalan: Retirar)

  • Withhold     * Past Simple Form: WithheldWithheld     * Past Participle Form: WithheldWithheld     * Definitions and Meanings: To refuse to give something that is due or desired; to suppress/restrain. (Catalan: Reter o denegar)

  • Withstand     * Past Simple Form: WithstoodWithstood     * Past Participle Form: WithstoodWithstood     * Definitions and Meanings: To offer strong resistance to or remain undamaged by something. (Catalan: Resistir)